Mr. Winitsky serves as counsel in connection with financings and re-financings on behalf of government, non-profit sector, and private sector entities (including commercial lenders, investment banking participants and underwriters) in order to fund major infrastructure, education, housing, health care, energy, and economic development projects.  Mr. Winitsky has over 20 years of experience serving as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel and borrower's counsel in all manner of transactions, including tax-exempt and taxable bonds, debt restructuring, off-balance sheet financings, securitizations, and derivatives.  Mr. Winitsky has participated in transactions that exceed $2 billion in aggregate principal amount.  In addition, Mr. Winitsky represents borrowers and finance industry participants in related compliance and regulatory matters.

Mr. Winitsky also represents governmental entities, developers and other stakeholders in connection with redevelopment projects throughout the State of New Jersey, with significant experience in the negotiation of long term tax exemptions for redevelopment projects, and the negotiating of financial and redevelopment agreements in connection therewith.  Mr. Winitsky's experience includes redevelopment projects in urban areas, transit villages, rural and suburban areas and vacated office complexes and includes mixed use developments, as well as multi-family and commercial projects.  Mr. Winitsky also advises clients with respect to governmental and commercial financing, governmental assistance programs and other forms of financing.

In addition, Mr. Winitsky represents commercial real estate entities and developers in connection with the implementation and financing of commercial and residential real estate projects, with an emphasis on affordable housing.

Professional Activities

• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• National Association of Bond Lawyers

Experience

• In the largest higher education merger in U.S. history, represented The Camden County Improvement Authority, Rowan University and other participants as Bond Counsel in connection with the issuance of $56,570,000 aggregate principal amount of Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds (Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Project) as part of the implementation of the New Jersey Medical and Health Sciences Education Restructuring Act, earning the participants The Bond Buyer’s National Healthcare Financing “Deal of the Year” award for 2013.
• Counsel to non-profit corporation in connection with the development and construction of a new "renaissance school" in the City of Camden, New Jersey, the first of its kind under the New Jersey Urban Hope Act.
• Counsel to a national developer in connection with complex multi-family housing projects in the State of New Jersey.
• Bond Counsel to The Pollution Control Financing Authority of Gloucester County in connection with the issuance of $61,090,000 Tax-Exempt and Taxable Revenue Bonds to refinance the costs of certain pollution control facilities on behalf of a national energy company.
• Co-Bond Counsel to the Delaware River Port Authority in connection with the issuance of $476,585,000 aggregate principal amount of Revenue Bonds to finance bridge, transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Co-Bond Counsel to the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission in connection with the conversion and remarketing of $127,650,000 Bridge System Revenue Bonds.
• Bond Counsel to The Pollution Control Financing Authority of Salem County in connection with the issuance of $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds (Public Service Electric and Gas Company Project).
• Bond Counsel to The Camden County Improvement Authority in connection with the issuance of $113,165,000 aggregate principal amount of Lease Revenue Bonds (consisting of Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds and Taxable Build America Bonds) to finance the costs of the construction of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University on behalf of Rowan University.

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